This isn’t to say that Amazon was paying much in taxes prior to Trump’s cuts.

In fact, ITEP claims: “During the previous five years, Amazon reported U.S. profits of $8.2 billion and paid an effective federal income tax rate of just 11.4 percent. This means the company was able to shelter more than two-thirds of its profits from tax during that five-year period.”

Today, it’s looking for a new home in the U.S. for its second headquarters, and the projected price tag is $5 billion. States are lining up to lure in the giant (with tax breaks, of course), with 238 cities submitting proposals last year, and 20 finalists announced in a January shortlist.

In 2017, more than 5 billion items were shipped with Prime around the world. Even Alexa—Amazon’s voice-enabled personal assistant, surprised with its sale success.

Amazon recently opened its first cashier-less store called Amazon Go, which gives us a glimpse of what our retail future will resemble. No lines and no check-out. Take what you need, and artificial intelligence does the rest.

Also last year, the company launched two furniture brands called Rivet and Stone & Beam, and now it’s eyeing yet another industry: health care, for which it is partnering with Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase in an effort to tackle health care costs.

It’s not going for a simple retail monopoly anymore … and cash windfalls and zero-sum tax breaks mean there’s no stopping it now.